An Nuan stopped speaking, resigning herself to tidying things up.
She could manage on her own, without anyone's help.
Ye Qingcheng's gaze and attention remained fixed on An Nuan. Shen Xizhou coughed lightly, as if trying to remind him of something. But Ye Qingcheng seemed not to hear, acting as he pleased.
It was only when Shen Xizhou kicked him that he came to his senses, looking at Shen Xizhou with displeasure.
This man had interrupted his good time.
"Shen Xizhou, your hand is injured, not your head. Why did you kick me?"
"Let me tell you, you are..."
Ye Qingcheng pointed at Shen Xizhou, about to utter more threatening words, when Shen Xizhou directly grabbed his hand, forcing him to sit quietly.
He regretted letting Ye Qingcheng come.
Shen Xizhou truly used a cruel hand, twisting his arm directly, almost to the point of breaking it.
Under normal circumstances, he would have angrily retorted to Shen Xizhou, but now he didn't. His face still wore a silly grin, his eyes never leaving An Nuan.
"Shen Xizhou, all these years, I've never met anyone who made my heart flutter. But just now, just now my heart fluttered." Ye Qingcheng said happily in a low voice beside Shen Xizhou.
But no matter how quiet his voice was, everyone present could hear it clearly.
An Nuan continued to lower her head, tidying the things on the ground. Shen Xizhou, however, glared fiercely at the person on the ground, his eyes full of rage, as if he wanted to destroy her.
Heh, she really hadn't changed. Always seducing men wherever she went.
Shen Xizhou clenched his fists tightly, almost wanting to kill.
Ye Qingcheng didn't know why Shen Xizhou was angry, but he didn't ask. After all, he knew Shen Xizhou's unpredictable moods. He just didn't know the reason.
Ye Qingcheng turned his gaze to Ji Wenxun, saying with a smile, "Ji Wenxun, I've also met my destined woman. Before long, I'll be out of the bachelor club too."
Everyone thought Ye Qingcheng was joking.
An Nuan heard him too, but it had nothing to do with her. Just then, Ye Qingcheng took her hand, his eyes shining, and excitedly said to An Nuan, "Hehe, hehe..." He had a foolish smile on his face.
She didn't understand why Ye Qingcheng was holding her hand and sharing his good news with her. Under everyone's gaze, An Nuan pulled her hand away, a faint smile on her lips, "Yes, the girl who is liked by Dr. Ye must be very lucky and happy."
A sharp gaze fell upon her. She knew it was Shen Xizhou looking at her.
An Nuan looked at Ye Qingcheng and said sincerely, "Dr. Ye will surely grow old with the one you love."
An Nuan's words made Ye Qingcheng pause slightly.
Was she blessing him? The person he spoke of was her. But she seemed oblivious. For a moment, Ye Qingcheng didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
As Ye Qingcheng stood there stunned, his expression changing drastically, she suddenly realized that she seemed to have said the wrong thing, something she shouldn't have said.
How could she have said such a thing?
Knowing how lowly and humble she was now, how could she speak to Ye Qingcheng? And how could Ye Qingcheng deign to speak to someone like her?
It turned out she had misunderstood. She was the big joke.
She had been overly sentimental.
Ye Qingcheng was just happy and said those words. He had lost his reason in his happiness, but she hadn't.
"Dr. Ye, I apologize. It was I who couldn't recognize my place and said things that were not befitting my status. I am so lowly, how could I insult Dr. Ye?"
An Nuan said, lowering her head, humbly, as if talking to herself.
These were words Shen Xizhou had said to her, one by one, piercing her heart. And she had obediently remembered them.
She hid herself away, but she didn't understand why she had blurted out these words at this moment. Even she was startled.
It was only when she met Shen Xizhou's contemptuous gaze just now that she was shocked back to reality.
Shen Xizhou's originally dark face softened considerably when he heard An Nuan obediently saying these words.
Ye Qingcheng looked at An Nuan with surprise. He didn't understand why An Nuan thought that way.
Everyone was equal, no one was higher or lower than anyone else.
What had she been through to belittle herself so much?
Perhaps the pain she had endured was something he could never experience in his lifetime.
Ye Qingcheng looked at An Nuan with some pity and said softly, "You are fine. You don't need to slander yourself like this. Not everyone who works at the She Lan Club is 'improper.' Some are forced by circumstances."
"If people could choose their lives, I think no one would want to live such a painful life."
"The only difference between you and me is our birth."
"Actually, you and I are the same. I was just born a little better off," Ye Qingcheng said calmly, as he always believed.
An Nuan looked up, her eyes full of emotion as she looked at Ye Qingcheng. All along, those around her had been scolding her, telling her to accept her fate. They called her lowly, and she seemed to have grown accustomed to it over the years.
Ye Qingcheng's words instantly brought a spark to her eyes.
"Thank you. You are the only one who has comforted me," An Nuan said with deep gratitude.
"This is normal, nothing to thank for." Ye Qingcheng smiled gently. He felt these were the most ordinary words he could say.
But he didn't expect that such words could move An Nuan so much. He hadn't done anything special.
"You are An Nuan, aren't you?"
An Nuan: "..." He knew her. Did Shen Xizhou tell him?
Xia Wanqing, who was sitting nearby, couldn't sit still. She looked at An Nuan, her heart full of jealousy.
Even though she was with Ji Wenxun, such a good man as Ye Qingcheng absolutely could not fall into An Nuan's hands.
Why should all the good men revolve around her?
If An Nuan and Ye Qingcheng got together, she wouldn't be able to bully An Nuan as she pleased.
How could An Nuan escape from hell? She deserved to be in hell forever, for all eternity.
As expected, she knew how to seduce people, and she was always seducing them.
Xia Wanqing looked at Ye Qingcheng and said anxiously, "Dr. Ye, you're not falling for An Nuan, are you? She's famously known as a jinx who 'curses' people. And anyone who gets involved with her will have bad luck."
"She is also a ruthless person. To achieve her goals, she even poisoned Wang Xuerou. Wang Xuerou almost died and is still in the hospital. Is Dr. Ye planning to be the next Wang Xuerou?"
Xia Wanqing continued fiercely, "There are so many women out there, why would Dr. Ye be interested in a vicious woman like An Nuan?"